Pakistan v Sri Lanka 2008-09 / News

Fallout of the Lahore attack

PCB did not want Lahore to host Sri Lanka Test

Dec 22, 2009: Ijaz Butt has said the PCB had wanted to host the second Test of the Sri Lanka series in Karachi instead of Lahore

Lahore attacks

Sri Lankan outfit behind Lahore attack - Pakistan PM

Sep 7, 2009: Gilani indicated that he had met Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse during a recent visit to Libya, and it was Rajapakse who linked elements in Sri Lanka to the terror act

Shootout in Lahore

Sri Lankan cricketers receive counselling

Mar 11, 2009: Sri Lanka's cricketers and officials, who were attacked by terrorists in Lahore, are undergoing post traumatic counselling in Colombo

Shootout in Lahore

Less security for Pakistan Tests compared to ODIs - Bayliss

Mar 10, 2009: Trevor Bayliss has come out in defence of Chris Broad, against whom the Pakistan board has complained to the ICC

Fallout of the Lahore attack

Kill cricket, create terrorists, warns Younis

Mar 4, 2009: Younis Khan has appealed to cricket's administrators to save the game in Pakistan, or risk pushing future generations into the clutches of terrorists

Shootout in Lahore

Murali questions security lapse

Mar 4, 2009: Muttiah Muralitharan has questioned whether the terrorists who perpetrated Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankans had received inside information as to the team's movements

Shootout in Lahore

Security 'left us to be sitting ducks' claims Broad

Mar 4, 2009: Chris Broad landed back in Manchester and launched a stinging attack on the security in Lahore at the time of yesterday's attack which left eight people dead, while expressing his concern that the incident sounds a 'death knell' for cricket in Pakistan

Fallout of the Lahore attack

Can't force teams to play here unless security improves - Butt

Mar 4, 2009: Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, Has admitted that it will be very difficult to convince any team to tour Pakistan in the immediate future following the terror-strikes which nearly claimed the lives of the Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore on Tuesday

Terror in Pakistan

Australia ready to host World Cup matches

Mar 4, 2009: Australia has offered to host matches of the 2011 World Cup if the subcontinent loses its hosting rights over security issues, James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive, has said

Shootout in Lahore

Hunt on for attackers

Mar 4, 2009: Pakistan have begun hunting the terrorists who attacked the bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricketers to the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on Tuesday.

Shootout in Lahore

Our terror background helped - Jayawardene

Mar 4, 2009: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has attributed his players' immediate reaction in taking cover when terrorists attacked their team bus in Lahore to the situation in his own country

Shootout in Lahore

Umpire Ahsan Raza still in critical condition, but improving

Mar 3, 2009: Ahsan Raza, the fourth umpire for the second Test in Lahore, is in a critical condition after reportedly being shot in the back during the armed raid on the Sri Lankan team on Tuesday

Shootout in Lahore

Pakistan team had narrow escape - Younis

Mar 3, 2009: Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain, has said his team were fortunate to escape the terrorist strike on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore on Tuesday

Terror in Pakistan

ICC refuses to be drawn on 2011 World Cup

Mar 3, 2009: ICC president David Morgan has played down suggestions that the 2011 World Cup will be moved away from Pakistan where some of the matches are scheduled to be staged

Shootout in Lahore

'What I'm feeling most is disbelief'

Mar 3, 2009: Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, who was in the team bus when the attack took place, spoke to Cricinfo while waiting to be airlifted out of Pakistan

Terror in Pakistan

'Cricketers will be more alert' - Dhoni

Mar 3, 2009: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Daniel Vettori express concern at the terror attacks in Lahore

Shootout in Lahore

Providence and presence of mind

Mar 3, 2009: The bus driver who drove the Sri Lankans to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Mehar Mohammad Khalil, has recounted the chilling moments of the shootout which nearly claimed himself and the lives of the players

Fallout of the Lahore attack

New reality dawns as Australia look for neutral series in England

Mar 3, 2009: Cricket Australia officials will meet in Dubai on Thursday with counterparts from Pakistan to discuss moving the scheduled 2010 Test series to England. The discussions will take place a day after New Zealand Cricket announced it would not travel to Pakist

Shootout in Lahore

Sri Lankan cricketers injured in terror attack

Mar 3, 2009: A shoot out occurred in Lahore close to the Gaddafi Stadium which left five Sri Lankan players injured and another eight people dead

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Lahore, 2nd day

In-form Samaraweera eyes one-day spot

Mar 2, 2009: Thilan Samaraweera attributes the dramatic upswing in fortunes to a few technical adjustments he has made